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(No Model.)

C. W. BAKER.

GARD HOLDER.

Patented Nov.

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Nrren STATES CLAYTON VILLIS BAKER, OF JAMES'IOVN, NEV YORK.

CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,445, dated November l, 1837.

Serial No. 242,?509. (Xo model.)

To all whom, il; may concern:

Beitknown that LULAYTON WrLLIs BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oard-Holders,of which the following is a speeitication.

My invention relates to a cardholder to be used on church-pews, and is designed to be secured permanently to the pew to hold the card having thereon the name of the occupant or owner ofthe pew.

In the drawings, Figure lis a front View ot` the deviee,showing card held therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe holder.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the central body ofthe holder, which is provided with arms B, of any desired number, (three being shown in the drawings,)the extremities of which arms are bent to form guides 0r clips O O, to receive and hold the edges of the card bearing the name of the owner or renter ofthe pew.

rl`he body of the holder is provided with a central perforation, D, adapted to have a screw passed therethrough, and a number of small spurs, E E, are struck up form the material of the body around the said central perforation, whichare designed to be driven into the pew to prevent the holder from turning and thus getting out of position. Either the screw alone or the spurs alonewill serve to maintain the holder on the pew; but for greater securityI prefer to use the two combined, as herein described and shown.

The device is designed to be secured to the side or arm ot' the pew, and the card4 is inserted therein with its edges engaged by the clamps or clips on the ends of the said arms.

The cards, as will be seen, may be removed and others substituted at will without marring the pew or defacing the card; also, the said holder may be used on rows of seats in concert-halls to hold cards indicating that the said rows are reserved, and in many like situations where it is desirable to insert and remove a card ol'ten.

The device is designed to be struck up from a single sheet of metal, and it may, it' desired, be made very ornamental by niekeling or silver-plating the same. The said holder may also be made in a number of ornamental designs and provided with any number of arms having clips thereon.

I elaim- As an improved article of manufacture, the cardholder comprising a central body, A, having a central opening, D, and the points E E, struck up around the opening, and the radial arms B,formed integral with the central body, and having the ends bent forward to form the clips O O, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed mysignature in pr sence of two witnesses.

OL AYTON VILLIS BAKER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. BUCKLIN, Cassius H. FOX. 

